Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Departmental Data
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of the carer’s allowance; and the number who were in receipt of the allowance in each of the past ten years. [46376/23]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Carer's allowance (CA) is a means-tested social assistance payment made to a person who is habitually resident in the State and who is providing full-time care and attention to a child or an adult who has such a disability that, as a result, they require that level of care.
The total number of recipients currently in receipt of a Carer’s Allowance payment is 94,807. Please find the following table attached for the yearly statistics from 2012:
| Carer’s Allowance – no. in receipt of Carer’s Allowance 2012 to date 2023 | |
|---|---|
| YTD 2023 | 94,807 |
| 2022 | 92,268 |
| 2021 | 90,896 |
| 2020 | 88,906 |
| 2019 | 84,028 |
| 2018 | 79,914 |
| 2017 | 75,264 |
| 2016 | 70,459 |
| 2015 | 63,003 |
| 2014 | 59,380 |
| 2013 | 57,136 |
| 2012 | 52,209 |
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